The Dolphins will receive a 2019 seventh-round pick and a 2020 fourth-round pick from the Titans in exchange for Tannehill and a sixth-round pick in 2019. Tannehill restructured his contract with the Titans, signing a one-year, $7 million deal that can exceed $12 million with playing time and incentives, according to Schefter.

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That's an incredible trade for them. It also signals the QB trade up seems to be happening next year. They now have 2 thirds, 2 4ths and 2 5ths. Unless of course they dangle those future picks to move up this year...

We have 11 picks on hand for 2020, not including potential compensatory picks, which could be as many as 4. We can still trade Quinn and/or Reshad or even trade down this year to acquire more picks in 2020. We could go into that draft with close to 20 picks.

THill also restructured his contract before he was traded to a 7 mil deal so we don’t eat the 26mil this year, just a bit over 13 mil this year and 5 mil next year against the cap.

That's not what happened.

The Dolphins were going to eat either $13m or $5m this year depending on how he was designated (pre or post June 1st). The Dolphins agreed to eat the $13m plus another $5m to make the trade more palatable to Tennessee. That means the Dolphins are willing to forsake some cap space this year to open things up next year.

Estimated $120M in cap space next year plus 11 draft picks, with more than likely more picks to come.

Tannehill was originally due $18.7 million in salary in 2019 and was set to count as $26.6 million against their salary cap. Miami, in the midst of a rebuild, couldn't justify those huge numbers for a player who clearly wasn't part of their long-term future.

Tannehill was originally due $18.7 million in salary in 2019 and was set to count as $26.6 million against their salary cap. Miami, in the midst of a rebuild, couldn't justify those huge numbers for a player who clearly wasn't part of their long-term future.

"As part of the trade, Tannehill agreed to rip up his existing contract and sign a new one-year, $7 million fully guaranteed deal that NFL Network reports is worth upwards to $12 million if he meets all of his incentives.

To facilitate the trade, the Dolphins agreed to pay $5 million of Tannehill’s $7 million salary in the form of a signing bonus. The move clears some $8 million in cap space this year and $25 million next year, and nets the Dolphins a fourth-round pick in return."

"As part of the trade, Tannehill agreed to rip up his existing contract and sign a new one-year, $7 million fully guaranteed deal that NFL Network reports is worth upwards to $12 million if he meets all of his incentives.

To facilitate the trade, the Dolphins agreed to pay $5 million of Tannehill’s $7 million salary in the form of a signing bonus. The move clears some $8 million in cap space this year and $25 million next year, and nets the Dolphins a fourth-round pick in return."

Tannehill is a good person imo, I hope he continues to do well in life.

100%

I still think he could have guided Miami to their first playoff win in forever in 2016 if not for the knee injury. The team was humming along and he was dialed in. Never took over games like an elite QB but always had a few big throws that put them in position to win.

Never griped, never embarrassed himself off the field and was always praised for his hard work. Stinks his talent didn't translate to more but that is the story for 90% of NFL QBs.

@ryantannehill1Follow Follow @ryantannehill1MoreThank you to the fans, my teammates, and the Dolphins organization for the last seven years. I’ve experienced some of the greatest blessings of my life in South Florida, and also faced some challenges that made me the man I am today. Grateful for it all

It's not "false praise". The Dolphins were stuck and used their imagination to get something for Tannehill who was going to be released ... for nothing.

Mike Florio/PFT wrote:

While some are skewing reality to heap false praise on the Dolphins for doing something good, the bottom line is that the Dolphins were trying to make chicken salad. To do so, they crafted a convoluted recipe that had them essentially buying not quite a fourth-round pick in 2020 for $5 million, and pushing the dead cap money that will apply to Tannehill to nearly 10 percent of the entire 2019 salary cap.

It's not "false praise". The Dolphins were stuck and used their imagination to get something for Tannehill who was going to be released ... for nothing.

Mike Florio/PFT wrote:

While some are skewing reality to heap false praise on the Dolphins for doing something good, the bottom line is that the Dolphins were trying to make chicken salad. To do so, they crafted a convoluted recipe that had them essentially buying not quite a fourth-round pick in 2020 for $5 million, and pushing the dead cap money that will apply to Tannehill to nearly 10 percent of the entire 2019 salary cap.

In other news Florio reports that the Phins crafted a convoluted play that not quite counted as a winning TD against the patsies in the most recent contest between the two teams. His probable source for this is Brady who said that he does not count the Phins win as a loss.